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ArishMell · 70-79, M
Those aren't conkers!
I am not sure if they are Beech-nuts or are sweet (edible) Chestnuts, but they are not the Horse-chestnut fruit and seeds.
I'm going to try to cultivate some conkers and acorns again. I tried a few horse-chestnuts a few years ago. Only one sprouted, but after struggling to about six inches high the poor little sapling gave up and died.
I am not sure if they are Beech-nuts or are sweet (edible) Chestnuts, but they are not the Horse-chestnut fruit and seeds.
I'm going to try to cultivate some conkers and acorns again. I tried a few horse-chestnuts a few years ago. Only one sprouted, but after struggling to about six inches high the poor little sapling gave up and died.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@ArishMell Sweet chestnuts. Good for roasting, but you'll be in for a long haul if you try to play conkers with them! 🙂
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@SunshineGirl Yes - I am not a great fan of nuts but have enjoyed barbeque-roasted chestnuts occasionally.
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
@ninalanyon That's the one - or similar. The one I saw had a different painting, as I remember it, but the same message!
The HSE will renew its materials from time to time so perhaps thought this had run its course.
Even worse - a writer in Model Engineer magazine recently remarked on some students (from an unstated school or college) thought a hand-saw is for chopping, and one school that insisted on eye-protection when using scissors to cut paper!
The HSE will renew its materials from time to time so perhaps thought this had run its course.
Even worse - a writer in Model Engineer magazine recently remarked on some students (from an unstated school or college) thought a hand-saw is for chopping, and one school that insisted on eye-protection when using scissors to cut paper!
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@ArishMell Surely when cutting paper the biggest risk is to the fingers! They should have been wearing armoured gloves!
How times have changed I remember a science lesson in primary school in which we all trooped out into the fields across the road from the school and collected buttercups which we took back to the classroom and dissected them with safety razor blades wrapped in cloth adhesive plasters. No one was injured, no one attempted to injure anyone, and no one thought we were doing anything unusual; it was just a lesson in practical botany.
But perhaps the schools there and then were unusual in their emphasis on craft work, doing things rather than merely learning about them. We were always encouraged to do more, learn more.
How times have changed I remember a science lesson in primary school in which we all trooped out into the fields across the road from the school and collected buttercups which we took back to the classroom and dissected them with safety razor blades wrapped in cloth adhesive plasters. No one was injured, no one attempted to injure anyone, and no one thought we were doing anything unusual; it was just a lesson in practical botany.
But perhaps the schools there and then were unusual in their emphasis on craft work, doing things rather than merely learning about them. We were always encouraged to do more, learn more.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@ninalanyon I couldn't agree more. Schools in the past would have been unusual if they had not included any practical work. It seems to have been reversed.
I think the safety emphasis was teaching children to avoid hurting themselves by showing them how to do hazardous things, safely. Not removing the perceived hazards.
I think the safety emphasis was teaching children to avoid hurting themselves by showing them how to do hazardous things, safely. Not removing the perceived hazards.
antonioioio · 70-79, M
@KatyO83 I won't ask , where I can stuff them 😂
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@KatyO83 You have it th wrong way about. They are not horse chestnuts, and of course not conkers; and horse chestnuts are not edible.
See, for instance, https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/horse-chestnut/toxic-horse-chestnuts.htm
See, for instance, https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/horse-chestnut/toxic-horse-chestnuts.htm
nuddie · 61-69, M
They’re chestnuts